Articles about GitHub

Microsoft’s financial disclosures show how OpenAI is fueling growth — and taking a toll on profits

Microsoft disclosed the size of its OpenAI investment for the first time, acknowledging in its quarterly regulatory filing Wednesday afternoon… Read More

Allen Institute for AI promises new insights into large language models with OLMo release

The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) on Thursday released a highly anticipated open-source large language model, along with the underlying… Read More

New study on coding behavior raises questions about impact of AI on software development

Software development is one of the early use cases for generative AI. Thousands of companies big and small are already… Read More

GitHub previews upcoming ‘Copilot Workspace,’ catering to AI-hungry software developers

Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that… Read More

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Inside the AI Revolution: Tech execs on the new realities for software, startups, and the future

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we’re featuring a panel discussion from the recent GeekWire Summit in Seattle, with three… Read More

Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge

Microsoft is launching a new AI Skills Initiative that includes a global grant challenge, free online courses, and a training… Read More

GitHub CEO Nat Friedman steps down; Julia Liuson named president of Microsoft Developer Division

Nat Friedman is stepping down as the CEO of Microsoft-owned developer community and code repository GitHub. He’ll be replaced by… Read More

Tech Moves: Techstars Seattle adds director; Redfin’s head of industry relations departs; more

— Former Impact Hub Seattle Managing Director Sarah Studer is joining Techstars Seattle as the director of platform. Studer was… Read More

Tech Moves: WTIA elects new board leadership; Adriane Brown joins American Airlines board

— The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) elected Dave Cotter as the new chair of its board of directors and… Read More

Microsoft-owned GitHub to acquire JavaScript package manager Npm

GitHub announced Monday that it will acquire npm, a JavaScript package manager. npm is a key part of the JavaScript… Read More

Microsoft’s 2019 acquisition spree: 20 deals totaling $9.1B, led by blockbuster GitHub buy

Microsoft’s 2019 fiscal year was one of its busiest ever for acquisitions, led by its $7.5 billion GitHub deal. The… Read More

Microsoft and GitHub workers protest ICE contracts in latest demonstration of employee activism

Microsoft employees are showing solidarity with workers at GitHub, a subsidiary of the company, who want their employer to cancel… Read More

Tech Moves: Algorithmia lands former Atlassian and InfluxData execs; GitHub hires former Google Cloud leader

Rachel Potvin signed on with Microsoft-owned GitHub as vice president of engineering. Potvin most recently led the data insights group… Read More

Microsoft-owned GitHub acquires code analysis startup Semmle to bolster security

GitHub has acquired Semmle, the San Francisco-based maker of a code analysis platform, to bump up security for the coding… Read More

Microsoft-owned GitHub restricts accounts in areas facing U.S. sanctions, including Iran and Syria

Developers using GitHub in Iran, Syria and other areas facing U.S. sanctions have been blocked from accessing important parts of… Read More

No Slack for you! Microsoft puts rival app on internal list of ‘prohibited and discouraged’ software

As Slack makes its stock market debut, there’s a major company that won’t be allowing its employees to use the… Read More

Tech Moves: Appsheet staffs up leadership; GitHub welcomes a new COO; voice startup Jargon grows; and more

No-code app development startup AppSheet brought on Daisy dePaulis as chief revenue officer and Thierry D’Hers as vice president… Read More

GitHub introduces “Sponsors” button, allowing users to donate money to open-source contributors

Software developers that maintain and contribute to open-source projects will now be able to put out a virtual tip far… Read More

GitHub adds Package Registry, which allows GitHub users to publish software packages alongside source code

GitHub is expanding the scope of its code repository to include support for publishing software packages, the company annoucned Friday… Read More

GitHub cozies up to Azure Active Directory, Visual Studio in series of new updates from Microsoft

Nearly a year after Microsoft made one of the biggest outlays in its history to acquire the open-source code repository… Read More

After paying out $250,000 in 2018, GitHub plans to boost bug bounty bonuses

Bug bounties have transformed the way enterprise tech companies think about security, and now that it’s part of Microsoft, GitHub… Read More

GitHub introduces new product tier that lets free users keep their code private

GitHub will kick off the new year by allowing free users of the code repository service to maintain private projects,… Read More

How a 43-second outage on a key network connection staggered GitHub’s services for a day

One of the first things GitHub did under its new owner over the past week was put the finishing touches… Read More

Microsoft’s fiscal 2019 already ranks among its biggest years for acquisition spending

Just four months into Microsoft’s fiscal year, the company has spent more on acquisitions than it has in many entire… Read More

GitHub recovering after a widespread outage caused by networking and database issues

Software teams were stymied late Sunday and early Monday by a widespread GitHub outage that prevented developers from using the… Read More

European regulators sign off on Microsoft’s $7.5B acquisition of GitHub

Microsoft’s deal to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion cleared a major regulatory hurdle Friday. The European Commission, the regulatory arm of… Read More

GitHub introduces GitHub Actions to further automate the art of software development

GitHub isn’t content with being the storage locker for your code: it thinks it has come up with a better… Read More

As it awaits the close of the Microsoft deal, GitHub strikes partnership deal with Google Cloud

GitHub tried to put worries about its independence under Microsoft to rest Thursday, announcing a partnership with Google Cloud that… Read More

Lessons learned from LinkedIn: How Microsoft’s biggest buy will influence $7.5B GitHub acquisition

Microsoft has learned a few lessons from the $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn that executives say they’re applying to the… Read More

Visualizing the cloud: Time-lapse takeaways from the GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit

Visual strategist Guillaume Wiatr has become a mainstay at GeekWire conferences, partnering with us to sketch out drawings and notes… Read More